Govt unleashes bulldozer action on Romeo restaurant at Vagator

ENCROACHED PORTION ON GOVT LAND DEMOLISHED

- AGNELO PEREIRA

Reeling under public outrage following the Birch by Romeo Lane inferno that killed 25 people, the government on Tuesday scrambled to project action - but ended up exposing its own long-running complicity and inertia.

In a hastily arranged, police-supervised operation, authorities demolished only the encroached portion of the Romeo Lane club and restaurant at Vagator, leaving the main structure - long accused of violations - untouched.

This partial, selective demolition has raised far more questions than it has answered.

The same beach-side encroachment has been demolished three times in the past by the club proponents and once by the Tourism Department, only to reappear with impunity.